this is kauai. how about hail damage? how about state record hail.size. 3 inch in diameter. it's never been seen before. this most likely will go down in the record books. this is like the tornado outbreak in the ohio valley. so that goes hand in hand with this radar. let me show you this. hanalei is in the island of kauai wi. not 5 inches or 7 or 8 or 9. 46 inches. for you international viewers, that's 147 meters. you can see the total. we're getting a little bit of rainfall here and there, but, again, totals will continue for the next week. maybe not 46. but this area of low pressure just off the island of kauai wi is going to continue and spin. if you know anyone who's going to be vacationing, make sure you call and tell them to pack their wet suits. maybe throw in a deck of cards. before you go to bed or you're up with that turkey sandwich, we do spring forward all the clocks and watches. don't forget the clock. even though you don't need your beauty sleep, there are several of us americans who may have a case of the grumpies. >> i hope not. if y

forecasters scramble to issue a warning. >> hurricane iniki, they have hurricane warnings out for kauai>> a category 4 hurricane, iniki is packing winds up to 125 miles per hour. tony quickly comes up with a plan. >> i decided that the ground floor should be the bunker and i only had enough plywood to cover up all the doors and windows for the ground floor. >> tony's neighbor beth rushes over with her husband, children and pets to ride out the storm. >> the first thing in my mind was to protect as many of my belongings as i could, thinking that i was going to lose most everything, and get my family to what i considered a safe house. and that was tony's house. >> they felt that it was safer up in the highlands where we lived rather than being down on the coastal area where you would have large waves, possible tsunami. >> tony and his friends hunkered down and prepare for the worst. >> it clouded over and then the wind started. once the wind started, you needed to be inside or in some type of shelter. it was quite the roar. the wind was blowing horizontal, the rain pelting the entire hous

officials say she was trying to cross a stream of the island of kauai. this is a sign that greets the hikers. it reads warning, do not go near the water and there are hash marks that show how many visitors that have been killed crossing the stream. this is a picture that she was trying to cross. a spokeswoman said she was on a hiking trail and the island experienced extreme weather conditions. >>> we will be right back. people, let's get star pete, did you forget yours? me pete, me use pen! (laughter) sorry i'm late, i was in the 16th century looking for pete's pen. (laughter) guys, guys. take it easy, ok? pete's mom is videochatting me, and she wants her pen back! ok, alright, well. i just got one. so... yeah, you've got a little... yep, i can feel the wet patch. don't look at it. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. call 855-704-7400 to sign up and get a free smartphone. choose one of our hottest phones. verizon wireless and x

police say the 58-year-old slipped and fell in on kauai. her body was found four miles off the coast. sheng was traveling alone. she was visiting a conference in kauai. >>> a domestic dispute was likely behind a bomb scare that diverted a commercial jet this morning. the jetblue flight from boston to chicagolanded in buffalo after the airline got a call the woman on board might have a bomb. she did not. other passengers said the woman spent most of the flight crying. the caller turned out to be another woman. charges are pending against her. the fbi is not saying how the two know each other. >>> new at 6:00, human rights advocates launched an effort at sfo today to help fight human trafficking. ann notarangelo reports that their goal is to teach airline personnel how to spot traffickers and victims. >> reporter: human trafficking conjures up figures of images of people lurking in the shadows. >> girls on the street are being exploited. so it's so in your face. >> reporter: sometimes, sitting next to you on a plane. today at sfo, they began

for a bay area woman. 58-year-old from sunnyvale was crossing a rain swollen stream on the island of kauai saturday when she was swept into the ocean. recent rain caused the river to wide. it made the path dangerous. >> there is no place for the rain to go so its making the ocean turbulent. people try to cross these twil hiking it can be very dangerous. >> she was a teacher in hawaii for a group conference. she is the third person from the bay area to die while vacationing in hawaii in the past eight months. >> police need your help finding a pair of thieves. look at these surveillance images. it happened saturday night on contractor street. duo stole computers, printers and other electronics. you are asked to call livermore police. >> san francisco could be looking for a new sheriff as early as next week. ross mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment. mayor ed lee now has the option of pursuing official misconduct charge. the sheriff is scheduled to be sentenced monday. after that mayor lee says he will make a decision. >> there has been distractions to be ca

four feet over oahu and kauai. it may not be over. there are more storms in the forecast. >> heavy rain is no big story for hawaii, but when you talk about hail and tornadoes, that's well outside the average for this area. >> no reports of death or injury, but plenty of damage and dismay over paradise lost for a full week so far. mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. >>> the economy is showing increased signs of life. we learned yesterday that u.s. employers added 227,000 jobs in february, better than economists expected. it caps off the best three-month stretch of hiring in 12 years. though the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 8.3%. but now what? tonight cnbc's brian shactman looks at what we might expect moving forward. >> reporter: what was once a potential obstacle in the re-election bid is fast becoming an asset for president obama. >> over the past two years, businesses have added almost four million new jobs. >> reporter: to find out exactly who is getting these jobs, all you have to do is go to obama's hometown of chicago.

okay, in kauai. some reports of a foot of rain. and that's a lot.ut on the coastal areas of kauai, reports of 34 inches of rain in 4 days. honolulu with about 4 inches in that four-day period. that's two to three times their regular monthly total. it's just a stubborn storm that's trapped over hawaii. you'll get more rain and then it will dry out for one day. as robin likes to print out, even if you have to swim off the porch, remember you're still in hawaii and that's better than most of us can say. today we'll watch heavy rain in the middle of the country. do not be concerned about storms today. but this is very heavy rain. 3 to 6 inches along this front. we don't think it will fire up with active storms today. it may later in the week but not right away. locally, over 6 inches of rain. and there will be some flooding in tho >> chicago, washington, new york, in the 60s today, folks. and maybe warmer tomorrow. robin, george, josh. >> unbelievable. >> we'll take that. >> yes, we will. >>> thank you, sam. >>> now to peyton manning and the quarterback

. >> the kauai bent to her back door, went inside, pulled the gun on her. asked for money. then he hit her. you know, she fell down. she hurt her face and arm. that's all i know. >> yesterday detectives were out in the area and flooded the immediate neighborhood looking for evidence and witnesses. >> police say the victim was taken to an area hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and have since stepped up patrols in the neighborhood. police also say they are looking into the possibility that the suspect they are looking for may have been involved in other robberies. >> detectives are looking into the possibility. we want to know if this individual is involved in more than this incident. >> still, for folks that live in this northeast baltimore neighborhood, knowing the suspect is still out in is very unsettling. >> it makes you uncomfortable. that's why i almost didn't talk to you. there was broad daylight this time of day yesterday. >> i'm lowell melzer, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 410-396-2444 for baltimore police if you have information. according to the associ

. >> a body pull frtd ocean off island of kauai has been identified as a bay area woman, she was hiking on saturday. witness says she was swept away as she tried to cross a stream, passengers aboard a tour boat spotted body. shaed been scheduled to attend a conference on the island this week. and there is an emotional day for a family of a woman kill bid a bicyclist. today they faced the ran accused of running her over on hoiz bicycle. he walked out of the courtroom after pleading guilty to misdemeanor manslaughter, sentenced to three years probation and must pay the family of the $66-year-old15,000. and he read a statement say egg was sorry for the accident. he also must perform 500 hours of community service centered around road safety. >> he can serve as a symbol to improve the situation with the pedestrians in san francisco, there would be then meeting out of this event. >> the husband and daughter of the victim were this court today. and the daughter sobbed as she spoke to ng showing him these pictures and urging him to speak out about consequences of careless bicyclist autos good

. >>> in hawaii, the governor is declaring a disaster in the islands of aa -- kauai and oahu.ve received rain since saturday. forecasters predict more rain for this saturday. >>> -- rush limbaugh's comments have come back to haunt him. nearly 30 sponsors have pulled advertising from the show. and at least two radio stations have dropped his program altogether. many have chosen to distance himself from limbaugh after he called a georgetown university lawsuit advocate for birth control, a prostitute. >> by using this language. and a lot of people, i see, crossed the line. that's why you see this huge backlash, including the advertisers who are now deserting his program. >> limbaugh has since apologized and claims everything is cool. he claims three new sponsors have signed onto his show in the past two weeks. >>> apple's company ceo, tim cook, introduced the new ipad today. the latest version has a sharper, high-resolution screen and weighs just 1 1/2 pounds. it also has a more advanced five-megapixel camera. plus the powerful 4g network. like the older ipads, the price starts a

. >> they shot that movie for eleven weeks in kauai and oahu. cast stayed at the saint regis, a beautiful resort. another running scene where he's running on the beach was at that hotel. a great, affordable place is the waimea plantation house, under $200. >> we like that. >> it's a great look, a way for you to go wandering around. it's a former plantation house, and they've transformed into a place to stay. >> good family place? >> great family place. under $200. great value place. >> oscars. another great movie. viola davis and octavia spencer. >> they're both fantastic and they both were in greensboro -- i'm sorry in greenwood, mississippi, which is where the film was shot. 160 cast and crew members descended on this town and took over basically running the joint for awhile. and they were -- they stayed, a lot of them stayed for $195 a night at the regis. and what i love about this town is it has the feel you would expect. >> are they kind of pointing out where they shot the movie? >> just about $40 more than the $195 a night they will give y

dropping more than four feet on parts of oahu and kauai. >> reporter: over in southern california the rain was welcome. the area has seen less than half of its average rainfall this season. still, the storms slickened roads, downed trees, and caused thousands to lose power. >> it's really cold. >> reporter: but, remember, it is still winter. and northern california has just begun to see what's being called the strongest winter storm of the season. >> powder. can't beat it. >> reporter: pounding the sierra with at least several feet of long-awaited snow. and some of that wind energy from that western storm will head out through the western plains today. there will be a little bit of severe weather this afternoon in the texas/oklahoma panhandle. a slight chance of a tornado. but again, most of this will be record heat. and one of the most mind bagling stats from yesterday, the nation's ice box, international falls, usually snowing and cold this time of the year, a high temperature of 77. the warmest day they've ever seen in march and breaking the record by 22 degrees. that's almost unhe

. >>> hawaii's governor is declaring a disaster on kauai and oha wu.ains have flooded the last two days. trees are blocking roads, schools closed and sewage pipes overwhelmed. the governor extended the disaster declaration to wa hue, where sewage is flowing into the ocean. >>> a man arrested for killing his girlfriend with a cannon. he liked to reportedly live life on the edge, according to his brother. it happened near san diego yesterday. investigators say 39-year-old richard had been drinking when he fired the cannon at his mobile home. his 38-year-old girlfriend inside died from shrapnel wounds. three other adults and a 4-year-old girl were also taken -- were also in that home, but they were remarkably not injured. >>> the "today" show is next. here's matt law we are a preview of today's show. >> good morning. coming up on a wednesday here on "today," complete coverage of the super tuesday results and news declaring mitt romney the apparent winner ohio giving him victories in six states, santorum taking three, newt gingrich takes one. we'll break i

as the gamer, you get to experience it all from donning the green jacket to getting a sneak peek at kauaithe home of this year's pga championship. is it hard to grow up in the spotlight and everything you do is scrutinized? >> i've never liked it, and i never wanted it. i just wanted to win golf tournaments. i love to compete. i love being out there and trying to beat everyone in each tournament i play in. for me, the pure joy is getting out on the first tee and teeing it up with the boys. seeing who's got what they've got. >> he's economic back. before he won this past weekend he was in position to win three tournaments on the back nine going to into the final day. slowly, but surely, it's happening. >> it's great it added some hype to the masters coming up in augusta. it's going to be fun to watch. look, when tiger is playing, ratings are up. a lot of folks are invested in tiger getting back to where he was or some place close. how did you find him personally, one on one? >> he's pleasant. this is being released in the u.s. today and then worldwide on the 30th. so if you want to play. m